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Post by kelsohighlander on Jan 15, 2022 21:12:18 GMT
Hey All, I thought it was about time to join after years of lurking and being a member of other blade forums. Here's my current collection. I'll start with the Kingdom of Heaven line from Windlass: Sword of Baldwin V  The sword of the Germanic Warrior Odo. Sword has been customized to remove 5" off the length of the blade for better balance.  The sword of Reynald de' Chatillon  Sword of Saladin, with it's unique bifurcated blade  And the sword of Balian de' Ibelin  Next, the rest of my Windlass blades: Peter's sword from Narnia  Three Longswords. Two with custom leather handles  Gladius and Yatagan  Migration Era  The Robin Longstride  The Maximus General sword  My Del Tin Trio: Schiavone, 3 Lobed Viking, and the old Excalibur offering from MRL  Custom Fantasy Builds: Elven warrior, Satyr Khopesh, and a Falchion  Custom 1981 Excalibur  Cold Steel Odachi and Wakizashi  Princess Bride Duo: the Inigo Montoya and the Windlass Dread Pirate Roberts  Antique 1831 French Artillery sword with Ivory pommel and guard  My Narnia/Excalibur wall in the den.  My Lord of the Rings wall on the opposite side of the den.  And the Windlass Braveheart  |
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Post by pellius on Jan 15, 2022 22:40:56 GMT
Welcome to active membership.
Beautiful collection!
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Jan 16, 2022 2:40:02 GMT
Cool!
Welcome to the forum, kelsohighlander!
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Post by rannh1 on Jan 16, 2022 15:29:43 GMT
Lovely collection Kelso  Love how well it's organized ! especially the LOTR wall, thank you for sharing |
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Jan 16, 2022 15:54:04 GMT
Very nice!
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Post by randomnobody on Jan 16, 2022 17:07:17 GMT
Man, that yataghan looks wimpy next to that gladius.  Is it a newly-made model? Too clean for an antique... |
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Post by nddave on Jan 16, 2022 20:23:37 GMT
Impressive collection, could you perhaps post a pic of the longsword with the steel hilt and custom grip's blade? Interested in seeing it in full I'm unfamiliar with the model.
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Post by kelsohighlander on Jan 16, 2022 20:41:25 GMT
Man, that yataghan looks wimpy next to that gladius. Is it a newly-made model? Too clean for an antique... It’s a windlass piece from the late 90s I believe. |
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Post by skelley on Jan 16, 2022 21:30:04 GMT
Good to meet ya!
Also, love the schiavona in particular.
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Post by Barahir on Jan 16, 2022 22:24:01 GMT
nice collection kelso
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Post by randomnobody on Jan 16, 2022 23:19:03 GMT
Man, that yataghan looks wimpy next to that gladius. Is it a newly-made model? Too clean for an antique... It’s a windlass piece from the late 90s I believe. Huh. Didn't know Windlass ever made a yataghan. Pity they still don't, I might have bought one. Would you be able to get some measurements and send them my way, at your convenience? It looks so small in your photo, but probably because that gladius is WIDE. |
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Post by kelsohighlander on Jan 17, 2022 0:09:19 GMT
Impressive collection, could you perhaps post a pic of the longsword with the steel hilt and custom grip's blade? Interested in seeing it in full I'm unfamiliar with the model. Absolutely. It’s called the War Sword in the 98 MRL catalog.     |
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Post by nddave on Jan 17, 2022 0:20:56 GMT
Impressive collection, could you perhaps post a pic of the longsword with the steel hilt and custom grip's blade? Interested in seeing it in full I'm unfamiliar with the model. Absolutely. It’s called the War Sword in the 98 MRL catalog. Nice thanks for the info! |
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Post by kelsohighlander on Jan 17, 2022 0:21:27 GMT
It’s a windlass piece from the late 90s I believe. Huh. Didn't know Windlass ever made a yataghan. Pity they still don't, I might have bought one. Would you be able to get some measurements and send them my way, at your convenience? It looks so small in your photo, but probably because that gladius is WIDE. Yes, I wished I had the old MRL catalog in which it was listed. Here are the photos. Thanks!   |
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Post by kelsohighlander on Jan 17, 2022 0:27:40 GMT
Good to meet ya! Also, love the schiavona in particular. Thanks for the welcome! Good to meet you as well. That Del Tin is in my top 3. Fantastic taste!  |
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Post by randomnobody on Jan 17, 2022 0:40:57 GMT
Yes, I wished I had the old MRL catalog in which it was listed. Here are the photos. Thanks! Ah, so it is a little on the short side. I have a beat-up antique I bought for cheap that's got about five inches on it and even that's pretty short, but a size I quite like. Still really nice, especially for Windlass. |
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Post by LeMal on Jan 17, 2022 1:53:59 GMT
Impressive collection, could you perhaps post a pic of the longsword with the steel hilt and custom grip's blade? Interested in seeing it in full I'm unfamiliar with the model. Absolutely. It’s called the War Sword in the 98 MRL catalog. Ah, yes, the "transition" days. (From when Del Tins dominated to when Windlass stopped sourcing from them.) Sometimes it's hard to tell from the catalog alone if the former or latter (MRL also sometimes got the blades from Italy but then mounted them themselves.) I had one of the latter--on clearance--that was at first uber-frustrating, because, when mounting them, Windlass went away from peening to the pommel itself being screwed on. AND(ugh!) without being keyed! So if you cut with it it was constantly coming loose. (Plus over-tightening, and/or transferred stress from impact, could snap those threaded rods on the tang.) BUT in a great think-outside-the-box learning experience, I didn't do what everybody else did. (I.e. just semprini about it and disparage Windlass/MRL). And came across a trick I use occasionally even today. *Just encase the whole hilt, pommel, handle and even part of the guard (that is to the "ricasso" just above) in a single piece of leather.* They become a single mechanical unit, albeit one with actually just a little advantageous "give" on the torsional forces, and hold together perfectly well. Anyway, just in case yours runs into that problem on you, give it a try. And if not, it works extremely well on other "low end" swords that have screw-on pommels and loosening issues, at least if it's something asymmetric like a wheel pommel. (Looking at you Deepeeka, I want one of those Clunys on the cheap.) |
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Post by cerberus1426 on Jan 31, 2022 3:22:20 GMT
The Baldwin and it's scabbard look ridiculously nice.
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Love how well it's organized ! especially the LOTR wall, thank you for sharing 
